Chapter 135 The Siege of White Horse
Xiliang is an ordinary Chenla farmer. Because his village is very remote, he has to go to a small town more than ten miles away every month to buy necessary daily necessities.
But when he returned with a full load, he was shocked by the sight before him. There was a miserable scene everywhere. There was no living person in the village, and the open space at the end of the village was covered with headless corpses.
Xiliang ran home anxiously, wanting to confirm the safety of his home. When he entered the door, he tripped and almost fell. From his clothes, he could tell that it was his father.
It's just that the old man has been dead for a long time. He still holds a hatchet in his hand, but his head is missing.
On the firewood pile outside the house, a young man had a big hole in his stomach. The woman inside the house was lying in a pool of blood with her hair disheveled.
"Who is it? Who is it? Come out! I'm going to kill you!"
Xiliang held his wife's headless body, and his angry roar echoed in the empty mountain village, but no one would answer him.
Xiliang buried the bodies of his father, wife and children, and took out his family's steel arrowheads and the long knife his father had used from under the floor.
Afterwards, Xiliang set fire to his home, and when he came to the cliff next to the village, he found that several villages in the mountain were burning with unusual black smoke. He swore secretly in his heart.
"Whether they are humans or monsters, we must kill them all."
Because they often do this, the Vietnamese officers and soldiers are very experienced and they do not stay in one village for too long.
After eating and drinking, they would go to the next village, sometimes burning the village to the ground, and sometimes not even bothering to do the aftermath, leaving only a small team to harvest heads.
Zhenla, Mingzhen County.
After several days of killing, Fan Zhu found some sense. He was sitting in the lobby of the county government office, holding the concubine of the county magistrate in his arms, while the magistrates of Mingzhen County were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy.
Fan Zhu didn't pay attention to the Zhenla officials kneeling on the ground, nor was he very interested in the nephrite Wenxiang in his arms. He was thinking that his military strength had expanded to 12,000 people, and his "war exploits" had also been accumulated. Level 20,000
Now should we continue to attack Kampong Som, or should we "win and return triumphant"?
Fan Zhu didn't know why, but he wasn't sure of victory in attacking Kampong Som. Maybe it was because the wildfire happened so strangely.
He never thought that the wildfire was man-made, because the weather in Chenla was rainy and humid. If you wanted to set a fire, you had to prepare flammable materials in advance, but if it rained, all preparations would be in vain.
Therefore, for thousands of years, only the Ming Dynasty people used fire attacks in the Zhenla and Jiaozhi areas.
Vietnam was called Jiaozhi in ancient times. The Ming Dynasty was the one who beat Vietnam the hardest in history, so the Ming Dynasty holds great importance in the hearts of Vietnamese people.
It was not difficult for the Skitarii to ignite the tropical vegetation in the jungle because they used kerosene.
Fan Zhu was still worried about how to choose. The prayer beads bracelet on his hand suddenly broke off and the beads fell to the ground.
Fan Zhu looked at the rosary beads on the ground and made up his mind to let his men kill the county magistrate and stop after one more big blow.
Kampong Som, St. Michael's Cathedral.
The priests finally found out in the holy scriptures how to solve the problem of the large number of Zhenla remnants coming to defect.
That is to give Kampot to the remnants of Chenla to take charge. Kampot Province is a good place, adjacent to Kampong Som, relatively rich, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Guan Jinpan and others had no reason to refuse. Kampot was blocked by mountains to the north and the sea to the south. The only way was to bypass the Xiangshan Mountains and take Kampong Som. Theoretically, if they got this land, they could build a country. In the country of China, live a life of peace of mind.
Guan Jinpan himself felt that happiness came too suddenly, and the leaders of Zhenla's remnant army also thought this proposal was too good, so they happily went to Kampot to take over the territory with a large group of troops.
The main reason why Franz gave up Gompot to these defeated soldiers was that it was almost impossible to use them to consume the strength of the Vietnamese, and it would even enhance the strength of the Vietnamese.
It is better to simply throw these defeated soldiers to Kampot Province to promote Austria. Franz believes that it is hard to change the nature of a country, and these officials will soon find their identities. When the time comes, someone will beg Austria. to rule over them.
As for the so-called easy to defend but difficult to attack, it depends on who it is. For the Vietnamese, it may be, but for the Austrians, they can go through the main road of Kampong Som, or use the sea advantage to force a landing. In short, Kampot Province For Austria, it is just a piece of fat meat that can be eaten at any time.
But what Franz didn't expect was that the Vietnamese generals would lead their troops into the ravines and then into Kampot.
Guan Jinpan and others thought that under the banner of the Zhenla Heavenly Army, the officials and people of Kampot would surely welcome them with tears in their eyes.
However, the reality is that several counties along the way did not open their doors to the Zhenla Heavenly Army. Many of the officials even claimed that they only obeyed the orders of the Vietnamese Emperor. On the contrary, the largest groups of bandits nearby sent greetings.
Guan Jinpan threw the invitation to the ground angrily. If he had known this, he might as well have stayed in Kampong Son as an assistant to the bishop. Now he can only go to Baima City to try his luck. After all, he has a concubine who belongs to the prefect of Baima. aunt.
The White Horse prefect was nostalgic for his old friendship, but he just asked Guan Jinpan to enter White Horse City with his accompanying guards.
Official Jin Pan took out the edict he had made, but Governor Baima advised him to surrender to Dayue Kingdom as soon as possible and not to make any more unnecessary sacrifices.
The two sides did not agree with each other and soon started to quarrel.
"Don't forget, you are from Zhenla!" Guan Jinpan roared.
"So what? Our current king was chosen by Vietnam, what else can we do?"
In fact, the Chenla people were quite dissatisfied with Queen Anmei elected by the Vietnamese, believing that she was just a puppet of the Vietnamese and not qualified to inherit the throne of Chenla.
"I am the late king's edict."
Before Guan Jinpan finished speaking, he was interrupted by the other party.
"Do you think we have to listen to you because there is no proof? Don't be so self-righteous. Master Chalong's approach is right. We are not the opponent of the Vietnamese at all. In order to preserve our strength, it is necessary to make compromises with the Vietnamese now. When we have enough strength, we will rebel against him."
Guan Jinpan knew that he could not convince the other party, so he left Baima City. Just when he was thinking about how to settle the eight thousand people under his command, news came that the Vietnamese were coming.
"How many people are there? How did they know we were here?" Guan Jinpan asked eagerly. He had a bad feeling. Could it be that the Austrians wanted to get rid of him by the hands of the Vietnamese? That’s why I gave myself a good place like Kampot, so that everything can be explained.
In all conscience, Franz really didn't expect that these two extreme situations could happen at the same time.
Fan Zhu on the other side was also murmuring in his heart. He felt that his troops were as fast as the wind and unpredictable. How did these Zhenla people know that they were going to attack Baima City? Who leaked the news? Is this all destiny?
Fan Zhu took off the newly repaired Buddhist beads bracelet and threw it on a stone, shouting loudly.
"Young men, our numbers are twice as many as theirs. Even if Buddha comes today, he can't save them!"
The Vietnamese officers and soldiers shouted in unison, "If you stand in the way of a man, you will kill! If you stand in the way of a Buddha, you will kill a Buddha!"